Midfield police confirmed a suspect, who they declined to name, has been charged with capital murder. He is in the process of being transferred to the Jefferson County Jail, said Midfield police Sgt. Jesse Bell.

The bodies of Timothy James Bailey, 53, and his wife, Clarice Denise Bailey, 52, were discovered at 11:23 p.m. inside their Henson Street home after Timothy Bailey called 911 saying he had been shot. When officers arrived on the scene they found a man and woman in the front room, both bleeding from gunshots wounds.

The couple was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:26 p.m., said Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Phillip Russell.

Clarice Bailey's 34-year-old daughter, Sheroneka Farley, said her mother called her brother last night saying that she was having an argument with her husband and that he "jumped on her." Farley said she and her 31-year-old brother called a cab to take them to the house to help.

Farley said she got out of the cab and told her brother to pay the taxi driver. Moments later, she said, he was out of the cab and at the door firing a gun.

"He just missed my head," a visibly shaken Farley said today as she and other relatives gathered at the couple's home.

Farley said her brother took off after firing multiple shots. She said it all happened so fast. "I didn't know they were dead until the police came outside and told me," she said. "He shouldn't have been shooting at nobody."

Sgt. Bell said the suspect turned himself into Birmingham police about 4 a.m. today. He is being held without bond. Family members identified him as Raymond Davis Jr., 31. Bell said police will hold a press conference on Wednesday to release additional information about the slaying.

Friends and family said they were shocked by the slayings. Neighbor Andrew Smith said he and Timothy Bailey talked for a long time Monday night, just hours before the shootings. "We just talked about everyday life," Smith said. "They were good people. I just hate it."

Timothy Bailey's niece, Corey Lewis, said her uncle was loved. "He was a hardworking person," she said. Family friend Sherry McCullar said Clarice Bailey also worked hard at her job as a caretaker at a nursing home. "She loved her job, and loved being with people."